Baroque Music

The principal components of an opera include arias, recitatives, overtures and...

• Choirs

• Choruses

• Chorals

• Chorales

Baroque opera includes all but one of the following:

• Overtures

• Songs

• Recitatives

• Orchestra

Early Baroque opera was based on...

• Roman Mythology

• Greek Tragedies

• Comic Works

• Biblical Text

Opera in the Baroque period began in

• France

• Germany

• England

• Italy

Who is credited as being the first major composer of opera?

• Vivaldi

• Bach

• Monteverdi

• Purcell

He composed the opera "Rinaldo" and the oratorio "The Messiah":

• Haendel

• Bach

• Lully

• Vivaldi

Who wrote the English opera Dido and Aeneas?

• Lully

• Monteverdi

• Haendel

• Purcell

Bach's most well-known Passion is known as the _____ Passion.

• St. John

• St. Luke

• St. Matthew

• St. Paul

Which is a type of sacred opera?

• Cantata

• Oratorio

• Church sonata

• Baroque opera

An oratorio is...

• A choir singing with instruments

• A dance music for noble people

• Like a religious opera without scenery or costumes

• A type of music to celebrate the Passion of Christ